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bestzip

Uses OS zip command if available (for better performance and speed) or node.js version if there is no system command available. Can be called via node or command line.

v4.0.1, 22 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneCompression and archives
$ npm install bestzip

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
354.1k
+32% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 days ago
v4.0.1
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 583.5k (9 Jun 2026)Low 171.9k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

354,098 downloads last week, 1,913,988 in the last month. The 12-month change of +32% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
1333 in total
Latest version
4.0.1, 22 Sept 20262 days ago
First published
28 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 6 Sept 2026
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 May 2026
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 27 Aug 2018
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Oct 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.0.122 Sept 2026
4.0.06 Sept 2026
3.1.06 Sept 2026
2.2.728 Aug 2026
3.0.328 Aug 2026
3.0.27 Aug 2026
2.2.66 Aug 2026
3.0.121 May 2026
3.0.020 May 2026
2.2.515 May 2026
2.2.415 May 2026
2.2.325 Mar 2026
2.2.220 Mar 2026
2.2.113 Apr 2022
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=22
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
25 kB
Dependencies (3)
globyargsarchiver
npm install bestzip
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bestzip@4.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/bestzip@4.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/bestzip@4.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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